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By Huang Su-li, Lin Hsin-han and Jason Pan / Staff reportersRaces to place the first joss stick into the incense pot are returning to Taiwanese temples after disappearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the traditional event to take place on Lunar New Year’s Day.
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Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) Zinan Temple (紫南宮), one of the largest temples in Taiwan worshipping the god of land, will not distribute commemorative lucky coins on the Lunar New Year's Day, which falls on Feb. 1 this year, due to a worrisome surge in domestic COVID-19 infections.
Zinan Temple (紫南宮) in Nantou County’s Jhushan Township (竹山) yesterday said that it would not distribute commemorative lucky coins on Lunar New Year’s Day, which is Feb. 1 this year, due to a surge in local COVID-19 infections. The temple is one of the largest in Taiwan worshiping Tudigong (土地公, the Earth God). It has also canceled its traditional chih ting chiu (吃丁酒) feast scheduled for the 16th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The two are the temple’s most important and popular annual events and have been canceled for the first time. Temple management ...